Write off. Updated on 1 June 2021
EA has pulled five Need for Speed games from sale ahead of an August shutdown of online services.
On 31st May, EA announced the removal of Need for Speed Carbon (2006), Need for Speed Undercover (2008), Need for Speed Shift (2009), Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed (2011) and Need for Speed The Run (2011) from digital storefronts. In-game stores have also closed.
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EA said this move, which was announced and implemented on the same day, is in preparation for the retirement of the online services for these games, which is set for 31st August. Until then, you can still play and race your friends online. But from 1st September onwards, you can play offline only.
If you remember some of the older Need for Speed games fondly, you’d better hope you have them preserved somewhere whether online or on physical formats because five of them just got delisted abruptly. Electronic Arts announced this week on Monday that it would be taking down five different Need [.]
Servers for five older Need for Speed titles Carbon, Undercover, Shift, Shift 2: Unleashed, and The Run are closing in August. The games are being delisted from today.